FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

WHEN WILL THE CALL FOR SPEAKERS BE OPENED AND CLOSED?

HOW DOES THE COMMITTEE REVIEW SPEAKER PROPOSALS?

During the first round of feedback review, reviewers and program chairs will consider the abstract, description, learning objectives, outline, and other information the speaker submits. The team will use a rating system based on a scale of 1-to-5 to determine the highest rated sessions. Later, a second review and discussion occurs, starting with the highest rated proposals. The team will make trade-offs based on topic, track, speaker experience, target audience, etc. to create the best possible schedule for attendees. If needed, a committee member may ask a follow up question for clarity, wanting more details to make a better decision and without those details the proposal can be considered incomplete.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD SUBMISSION?

It is important to remember that this conference targets both beginner and mid-career Agilists, both of technical and non-technical backgrounds. When preparing your proposals, keep in mind that historically over 50% of our attendees are repeat visitors to this conference. We are seeking presentations and workshops that are:

simple and clear

authentic and true

original (possibly avant-garde, counterintuitive, controversial)

entertaining (better yet, funny)

experience-based (as opposed to theoretical)

You may find help reviewing the O’Reilly guide to conference submissions. This is a fantastic guide to formulating what conference committees generally look for in a submission. Finally, sessions and workshops can involve more than one speaker. However, if you plan on more than 2 speakers total, please contact mha@agiledenver.org in advance to discuss.

WHAT WILL I NEED TO SUBMIT?

For your submission, we are asking for the following information:

About you:

A profile picture

An email address and phone # where you can be reached

Your job title, organization and country of residence

A biography of up to 500 characters.

# of years of industry experience

Personal profile page

About your session:

A title for your presentation of up to 100 characters

An abstract of your talk for the conference program (750 character maximum). This summary is for selling the audience on attending your session.

The suggested agile expertise for your audience: novice, intermediate, advanced, or all levels.

The track that you feel your talk best fits. The selection committee may also suggest a different track after reviewing your submission and others.

Co-presenters, if any. Please reach out to us if you are planning on having more than 2 co-presenters.

Note: Mile High Agile is committed to providing support for aspiring new speakers. If you have not spoken at a conference before and wish to get the experience, please contact mha@agiledenver.org for support. We also have monthly meeting speaking opportunities that are less imposing.

WHAT KIND OF COMPENSATION DO SPEAKERS RECEIVE?

Each speakers will receive one complimentary registration for the two-day conference. In addition to the complimentary registration, a joint speaker & organizer team dinner is held on the night before the conference.

DO YOU PROVIDE COMPENSATION FOR TRAVEL?

Mile High Agile has extremely limited travel stipend funding. Speakers requiring travel assistance can apply for help under the following conditions.

Speakers must be more than 200 miles away from the conference.

Funding will be provided on a first come, first serve basis. Once they are gone, we can no longer provide any assistance.

Stipends are provided upon check-in at the conference in the form of a visa check card.

In order to qualify for the stipend, please email mha@agiledenver.org for more information no later than February 28th, 2019.

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